Robert Temple Ayres

You may not know the name Robert Temple Ayres, so if you heard he passed away this week at the age of 98, it may not have affected you.

It did affect me, however, because Robert Temple Ayres is the artist that created the flaming Bonanza map.

And the book that Brendan and I wrote, "The Living Wills", will almost certainly one day be recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the novel with the most references to Bonanza of all time. We even referenced that burning Bonanza map in the pages of "The Living Wills".

We mourn the passing of Robert Temple Ayres.